HB 2764
AN ACT relating to reporting by the Texas Education Agency and the
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Requires the Texas Education Agency and the comptroller to prepare a comprehensive school finance report by December 31, 2025, detailing all school funding sources, expenditures, and transfers from fiscal year 1994 onward. The report must break down funding amounts from different sources, specify how money was spent (including administrative costs and district distributions), track any fund transfers, and identify unspent funds. The legislation mandates clear reporting of local recapture funding and state funding, with the reporting requirement expiring on September 1, 2026.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to reporting by the Texas Education Agency and the BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 48, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 48.011 to read as follows: Sec. 48.011. SCHOOL FINANCE REPORT. (a) Not later than December 31, 2025, the agency and the comptroller shall jointly prepare and submit to the legislature a report on school finance since the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 1994. (b) The report must include for each state fiscal year (1) the amount appropriated for school finance for that fiscal year from each source of funding, including (A) the amount collected from school districts under Chapter 49 or former Chapter 41; (B) amounts disbursed from the Foundation (C) and amounts disbursed from the state general (2) the items for which the money was spent, (A) administrative costs, both in total and disaggregated by type of cost; and (B) distribution to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools; (3) the amount, if any, transferred to or used for another purpose, including each purpose for which the money was (4) the amount, if any, not spent for that fiscal year (c) This section expires September 1, 2026. SECTION 2. Section 48.273, Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as (h) All reporting pertaining to the Foundation School Program and any other education funding shall, regardless of use, reflect all funds collected under Chapter 49 or former Chapter 41 as "local recapture funding" and be differentiated from "state SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to reporting by the Texas Education Agency and the
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